8世紀チベットの仏教史『ホータン国授記』(英:The Prophecy of the Li Country,中:于闐國授記)には、クシャーナ朝のカニシカ1世がインド中部の都市のアヨーディヤーを攻めたとき、ホータン王が助力したと書かれている。これが本当であれば、西暦127年の出来事なので、漢の班超の子の班勇がホータンを屈服させたとされる年と同じになる。
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